News tagged with computational chemistry

SDSC's Trestles supercomputer speeds clean energy research

A team of Harvard University researchers has been allocated time on the Trestles supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego to perform computational calculations ...

Technology / Other

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

WSU chemist applies Google software to webs of the molecular world

The technology that Google uses to analyze trillions of Web pages is being brought to bear on the way molecules are shaped and organized.

Chemistry / Other

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Oxygen molecule survives to enormously high pressures

Using computer simulations, a Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) researcher has shown that the oxygen molecule (O2) is stable up to pressures of 1.9 terapascal, which is about nineteen million times higher than atmosphere pressure. ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Four new leads identified for anti-cancer drugs

Four new anti-cancer drug leads have been identified in a research paper published online this week in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Weird world of water gets a little weirder with a new anomaly

Strange, stranger, strangest! To the weird nature of one of the simplest chemical compounds -- the stuff so familiar that even non-scientists know its chemical formula -- add another odd twist. Scientists ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (16) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

Theoretical chemists find new dimension to rules for reactions

Theoretical chemists at Emory University have solved an important mystery about the rates of chemical reactions and the so-called Polanyi rules.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Molecular depth profiling modeled using buckyballs and low-energy argon

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of scientists led by a Penn State University chemist has demonstrated the strengths and weaknesses of an alternative method of molecular depth profiling -- a technique used to analyze ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Uranium adsorption in sediments varies with respect to grain size

Using experimental and modeling resources at EMSL, scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory determined the equilibrium and kinetic properties of uranium(VI) adsorption to subsurface grains, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Hints of universal behavior seen in exotic three-atom states

A novel type of inter-particle binding predicted in 1970 and observed for the first time in 2006, is forming the basis for an intriguing kind of ultracold quantum chemistry. Chilled to nano-kelvin temperatures, ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Realistic simulation of ion flux through membrane sheds light on antibiotic resistance

As the gatekeepers of ion flow through cell membranes, ion channels are of key interest in numerous cellular processes. Now, a new study describes an innovative new computational model that realistically simulates the complex ...

Biology / Other

created Aug 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exploring the possibilities for zeolites

Some people collect stamps and coins, but when it comes to sheer utility, few collections rival the usefulness of Rice University researcher Michael Deem's collection of 2.6 million zeolite structures.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fewer Faults for Faster Computing

(PhysOrg.com) -- Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) users have designed and implemented an efficient fault-tolerant version of the coupled cluster method for high-performance computational ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Jaguar supercomputer helps develop new nuclear power capabilities

While the Jaguar supercomputer at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently ceded its rank as the world's most powerful supercomputer - dropping to No. 2 - it is still performing world-class science.

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Oscillating layers of molecules on liquid's surface influence carbon capture

Two tiny molecular layers in a liquid that traps carbon dioxide constantly swap places, influencing how much of the greenhouse gas is absorbed, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New perspective in ion channel indicates treatment potential

Scientists researching a toxin extracted from the venom of the honey bee have used this to inform the design of new treatments to alleviate the symptoms of conditions such as muscular dystrophy, depression ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jul 09, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast